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Postby Goku1910 on January 26th, 2025, 1:17 pm
Well the supports for the top of the lift have been moved on site. Here we go.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on January 26th, 2025, 2:05 pm
B&MGuy35 wrote:Here’s some drone shots from today

Will try to have the update video later tonight but if not then definitely tomorrow.

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Postby CoasterRiderSC on January 26th, 2025, 7:47 pm
Goku1910 wrote:Hm, I really have no idea about the leftover Cassions then.

As for the other question, Not bolts, but the rebar and base is already there at the time of pouring.

Once the support is attached, they actually add more on top called grouting and let that cure before testing starts.



So the nuts screw onto the base?
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Postby Goku1910 on January 26th, 2025, 8:25 pm
Yes. The framing is part of the footer.
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Postby HCF on January 26th, 2025, 11:07 pm
Relieved to see the river and the pond still somewhat intact, also it seems the old county fair sign is only half there?
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Postby coasterfanatic on January 26th, 2025, 11:25 pm
HCF wrote:Relieved to see the river and the pond still somewhat intact, also it seems the old county fair sign is only half there?
Yes. According to the POV video, the river/pond will still return in some capacity. But then again, the POV video doesn’t show Demon Snacks, but that pond feeds to Whizzer and XFlight etc. so I imagine it will be back


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Postby Tidal_Waver on January 27th, 2025, 5:10 pm
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One thing with dive coasters is that people will want to take off their shoes. I don't remember if Yukon Striker allows people to put their shoes in the bins, or if they have bins for shoes like Valravn does. Interested to see which way we go regarding that.


Found my pictures from Yukon Striker. It looks like a bin for shoes was built into the conveyor belt system.
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Postby staticshadows on January 29th, 2025, 3:44 pm
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Postby Goku1910 on January 29th, 2025, 3:48 pm
I forgot who asked about footers and how they're bolted in, but the new picture posted to their Instagram gives a perfect view of what I was describing.

Edit: Just noticed the top of the drop is also on site. You can see it to the left.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on January 29th, 2025, 3:57 pm
Looks like they’re going to finish the drop today and maybe the final set of supports and top of lift will be completed tomorrow.


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Postby CoastsToCoasters on January 29th, 2025, 7:43 pm
So exciting!!
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Postby RobSFGAm on January 29th, 2025, 9:09 pm
Today the drop had a large section put in place. Four cranes on site, so they will probably try to finish topping off in the next few days. The drop is so steep, especially from Washington street!

Here is a video I shot this evening around 4:15 to 4:45. They are getting longer days of sunlight now, so they have more hours in a day to build.

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Postby CoasterRiderSC on January 29th, 2025, 10:49 pm
Goku1910 wrote:I forgot who asked about footers and how they're bolted in, but the new picture posted to their Instagram gives a perfect view of what I was describing.

Edit: Just noticed the top of the drop is also on site. You can see it to the left.



I was the one asking about the bolts in the footers! Great photo!
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Postby B&MGuy35 on January 30th, 2025, 1:48 pm
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Postby GreatAmericanfox on January 30th, 2025, 3:07 pm
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Postby TwistedSTEEL666 on January 30th, 2025, 5:38 pm
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Incredible!!!!
That 96 degree drop looks wicked!!!
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Postby Tidal_Waver on January 30th, 2025, 5:43 pm
Guessing they’ll add that last set of supports then top it off. Very cool progress!
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on January 30th, 2025, 5:51 pm
I thought the last support would definitely be up by now since today has been very nice. Really wish there was an actual web cam so we wouldn’t have to look through a traffic camera from Grand Ave lol


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Postby HCF on January 30th, 2025, 6:16 pm
Those photos are surreal, its so much taller than I thought it would look!
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Postby CoastsToCoasters on January 31st, 2025, 7:32 am
She's huge. What a beaut.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on February 1st, 2025, 12:37 pm
Looks like the final lift support is up, or at least part of it. Maybe they’re planning on topping it off today!


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Postby Tidal_Waver on February 1st, 2025, 3:06 pm
SFGAM_Hog wrote:Looks like the final lift support is up, or at least part of it. Maybe they’re planning on topping it off today!


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Yeah you can see it up in the traffic camera. Looks cool!
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Postby Blue_Toad_Coasters on February 3rd, 2025, 8:50 pm
Glad to see the top of the lift is almost completed. The rest of the track shouldn't be as hard to put up since it's lower. After all that's accomplished, the park will probably prioritize the gift shop, the queue, and landscaping. Hopefully they will have time to build the new/old Demon entrance before Opening Day. Time will tell.

On a side note, I'm hoping that the park can get a Wrath Nanocoaster available in the gift shop by Opening Day. Grabbing a Nanocoaster after riding would be the track on top of the supports if Operation: FRR goes according to plan.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on February 3rd, 2025, 10:11 pm
Tidal_Waver wrote:
SFGAM_Hog wrote:Looks like the final lift support is up, or at least part of it. Maybe they’re planning on topping it off today!


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Yeah you can see it up in the traffic camera. Looks cool!


Do you have a link to the traffic camera?
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Postby CoasterDave316 on February 3rd, 2025, 10:39 pm
https://www.lakecountypassage.com/snaps ... 2833338000

That's the link to the traffic camera. It sort of shifted down the other day, so you can't see as well as you used to be able too.
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